street theater

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There was one critic from the New York Times, Richard Eder, who said it was street theater on the wrong street.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026

He gathered his friends first into street theater, then onto the stage of the Palace Theater in North Beach, where the Cockettes made their debut on New Year’s Eve in 1969.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2024

A satirical street theater group called Ladies Against Women arrived dressed in conservative garb and held up signs that read “Every Sperm Is Sacred!” while singing the Monty Python hymn.

From Slate • Sep. 26, 2023

I don't want to denigrate street theater and symbolic politics, but it is not a substitute for a social movement.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2022

A small crowd surrounded them, enjoying the morning's street theater.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda